Where Comparative Public Administration and Comparative Policy Studies Meet

Walle, Steven Van de; Brans, Marleen

doi:10.1080/13876988.2017.1411006

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“…Third, the study takes a comparative look at public sector employees' well-being across seven countries. The comparative aspect of public administration is important and needs further development (Kuhlmann, 2019;Van de Walle & Brans, 2018). Comparative findings contribute to our theoretical ability to distinguish between factors that can be stretched beyond the country context (e.g., gender) and those that are affected by the specific context (e.g., contracts).…”

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Emotional Well-being Among Public Employees: A Comparative Perspective

Lahat

Ofek

2020

Review of Public Personnel Administration

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There is growing agreement on the importance of well-being in general and among employees more specifically. One area that has attracted significantly less attention is the well-being of public sector employees, especially from a comparative perspective. This study explored the factors explaining emotional well-being among public sector employees in seven countries. Using data from the European Social Survey, round 6, it examined the importance of the work environment, of belonging to the public sector, and of belonging to the country and their effects on well-being. We found public sector employees had a higher level of emotional well-being than non-public sector employees. However, belonging to the public sector was less important than other factors. The country context and soft features of the work environment were important to public sector employees, but not just to them, and were reflected differently in different countries.

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Emotional Well-being Among Public Employees: A Comparative Perspective

Lahat

Ofek

2020

Review of Public Personnel Administration

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“…Assessment of the success of personnel reform can be done using a comparative study. Comparative public administration studies the capacity of governments and public actors to design and implement policies (Van de Walle & Brans, 2018). In this study comparative public administration is used to compare the success of civil service reform between Indonesia and Malaysia.…”

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Comparative Study of Indonesian and Malaysian Civil Service Reform

Suhendar,

Fathurrahman

2023

JOSR

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Public service reform has demanded personnel reform to ensure that public services are carried out effectively. The success of personnel reform then needs to be assessed to know how far it has worked in a country to find out how effectively the reform effort has been implemented. This paper aims to conduct a comparative review of the extent to which personnel reform has been implemented in Indonesia and Malaysia. This research was conducted by qualitative method with a comparative study approach. Secondary data were used in the study by taking from databases provided by the United Nations and the World Justice Project. The comparison was carried out using five indices, namely E-government development index (EGDI), E-Participation Index (EPI), Rule of Law Index, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), and Democracy Index. In addition, secondary data are also obtained from literature studies of books, research journals, and other sources that are in accordance with the research problem. The results showed that overall Malaysia is superior in the successful implementation of personnel reform when compared to Indonesia in terms of implementing e-government and ensuring its public services are delivered accountably. However, in involving public participation in e-government operators, Indonesia is superior when compared to Malaysia. The implication of the research for the Indonesian government is the demand to better develop its personnel reform policies to ensure more effective and accountable public services in the future.

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“…Second, the quality of data may be insufficient as the international sources rely on national sources, which could potentially be contaminated partly due to performance gaming (in order to meet international targets) and inadequate database management practices. Van de Walle and Brans (2018) assert that the international data set lacks sufficient validity and reliability (see also Brans and Pattyn, 2017; Van de Walle, 2008). Furthermore, inequalities in access to improved water sources at the local level and household level could be worse than the national statistical figures (UNDP, 2006).…”

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Access to drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa: does the developmental state doctrine matter?

Debela

Bouckaert

Troupin

2020

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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Using data from 14 sub-Saharan African countries, this study investigates the relevance of the developmental state doctrine to enhancing access to improved drinking water sources and to reducing urban–rural inequalities in access to improved sources and piped-on premises. Although access to improved water sources and urban–rural inequality seems better in developmental states than in non-developmental states, we have not found sufficient support for the claim that the developmental state approach is the best alternative. The influence of corruption is, unexpectedly, higher in developmental states than in non-developmental states. Moreover, both developmental states and non-developmental states were not significantly investing in access to drinking water supply programs. We find that the total population growth rate is the strongest predictor, rather than regime type. Other factors that explain the variation between all samples of developmental states and non-developmental states are identified and discussed, and implications are outlined. Points for practitioners There is significant variation in access to improved drinking water sources and urban–rural inequalities in access to improved sources and piped-on premises between developmental states and non-developmental states. The relevance of the developmental state doctrine to improving access to drinking water, reducing socio-economic inequalities in access to drinking water, and realizing Sustainable Development Goal targets in sub-Saharan Africa is ambiguous. We advise strengthening a functional Weberian bureaucracy and promoting political decentralization.

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Where Comparative Public Administration and Comparative Policy Studies Meet

Cited by 10 publications

References 48 publications

Emotional Well-being Among Public Employees: A Comparative Perspective

Emotional Well-being Among Public Employees: A Comparative Perspective

Comparative Study of Indonesian and Malaysian Civil Service Reform

Access to drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa: does the developmental state doctrine matter?

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